Juvenile charged for Tuesday hay bale blaze

5:48 PM,
Apr. 2, 2014

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The Daily News Journal

A juvenile turned himself in after he was charged with a fire set Tuesday afternoon to hay bales on a farm near the Veterans Administration Hospital Golf Course, according to a media release.

The Murfreesboro Fire and Rescue Department's Fire Marshal's Office took out a petition Wednesday morning charging the juvenile with setting fire to personal property or land, according to the release. The juvenile then turned himself in. A detention hearing has not yet been set.

MFRD crews battled the blaze that engulfed approximately 75 to 100 bales of hay for hours Tuesday on a farm on Lebanon Pike, ...